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Program Principal

Hamilton County Schools, Hickory Valley, TN, United States


Overview
Hamilton County Schools, located in Chattanooga, TN, is working to ensure that all students thrive and experience a future without limits. We are committed to excellence for every student and are seeking outstanding leaders, teachers, support staff, and district employees who desire to make a difference in the lives of students. With nearly 75 schools, we are confident that you can find your place in Hamilton County.

Learn more about working for Hamilton County Schools at

careers.hcde.org

and get to know us and our strategic plan,

Opportunity 2030 .

Hamilton County Schools is seeking a secondary coordinator to lead the Harrison Bay Future Ready Center to prepare future‑ready students. Reporting to the Learning Community Director, the coordinator will set a bold and innovative vision for school culture, career and technical educational opportunities, and academics. The coordinator must ensure that students are graduating, ready for college or the workforce, and build positive relationships with all stakeholders.

Responsibilities
Talent Management:

Recruit and retain high performing teachers and staff

Develop, coach, and manage all staff at the HBFRC

Culture:

Create a culture of excellence

Demonstrate effective leadership by establishing a collaborative environment

Facilitate group understanding and communication of diversity

Engage parents and community partners to provide support to meet student needs

Provide students career, work‑based experiences, and internships

Instruction:

Cultivate and maintain construction business relationships to develop and implement co‑constructed business partnership project‑based learning experiences for students

Design and implement project‑based learning experiences for students that focus on technical and essential skill development

Knowledge of credentials, rules, and policies that affect CTE

Facilitate new and best practices in the area of instructional delivery and schedule students for CTE pathways

Evaluate curriculum, instruction, and assess student performance

Lead professional learning

Continuous Improvement:

Regular collaboration with the Association of General Contractors in evaluation, refinement and implementation of Construction Career Center programming

Design, implement and interpret data systems that support instruction and assessment programs

Work with feeder pattern principals to establish successful transitions for students

Develop and implement a school‑wide improvement plan

Instructional Leadership - Clear & Compelling Vision

Collaboratively creates and communicates a clear, compelling vision of high academic achievement and growth

Establish a clear focus and inspire others by gaining buy‑in and commitment

Serve as a change agent by actively challenging the status quo to eliminate opportunity and achievement gaps

Inspire and lead new and challenging innovations for high achievement and growth

Instructional Leadership

Build and maintain high expectations for continuous student growth and academic achievement with supportive accountability systems

Sustain a data‑driven vision by setting challenging goals with appropriate, relevant milestones for progress monitoring

Conduct classroom observations, identify effective instructional planning and delivery instruction and provide actionable feedback that results in improved student learning

Build capacity of educators to provide all students a rigorous standards‑based curriculum that is culturally responsive

Ensure students master grade‑level standards by aligning curriculum, instruction and assessments

Build systems for professional learning communities and high quality common planning

People Centered Management

Provides clear expectations for staff performance and communicates success and needed improvements regularly.

Create structures that systematically gather input and empower teachers as decision makers

Implement and monitor a rigorous evaluation system and use educator evaluation data to inform, assess, and adjust differentiated professional learning plans, performance improvement plans and goals

Maintain a robust talent management system that displays effective recruitment, interview, and selection skills that lead to quality hiring decisions

Develop structures for mentoring used to induct, support, retain, grow and extend effective educators based on evidence of student and educator outcomes

Empower teachers to use their collective strengths, skills and experiences to own and lead teams, trainings and innovative initiatives

Family Involvement and Communities

Include a diverse set of educators and stakeholders in school improvement planning and decision‑making

Develop structures to actively involve families in the education of their children targeting academically focused engagement

Strategically utilize, align, and measure community resources and partners to equitably support the school’s mission, vision, and goals

Ensure that the school community communicates regularly with families regarding student progress and needs

Partner with community allies to provide whole‑child supports

Organizational and Systems Management

Foster a safe, orderly, culturally responsive and equitable learning environment for all stakeholders

Communicate effectively with all stakeholders

Resolve conflict positively and directly

Embrace diverse points of view and foster an environment that is comfortable with dissent

Develop structures to actively engage student, staff, parent, and community voice with a keen awareness to the voices that are often overlooked

Reflect regularly, accurately assess personal strengths and growth areas, and seek feedback and professional development to improve

Management

Collaboratively create and monitor school action plans with an intentional focus on prioritizing marginalized students and subgroups

Collect, analyze, and uses multiple forms of data to make decisions

Identify problems, analyze root causes and develop effective resolution strategies

Systematically monitor and adjust progress toward established goals and facilitate procedures and practices leading to improvement by utilizing a continuous improvement process

Demonstrate the ability to prioritize appropriately

Demonstrate the flexibility to adapt leadership behavior to the needs of the current situation

Demonstrate an awareness implicit bias and the ways that bias hold systems of marginalization in place

Establish, communicate, and enforce a set of standard operating procedures and routines that ensure school safety and are aligned with district, state and federal policy

Perform all budgetary responsibilities with accuracy, transparency, and in alignment with school action plans

Allocate resources equitably

Equality & Ethics

Articulate the value of diversity and equity within a purposeful community

Communicate and operate from strong ideals and beliefs about schooling grounded in ethical decision‑making

Exhibit a commitment to equity and create a sense of urgency to close achievement gaps and prepare all students for college, career, and life

Embed cultural competence in all aspects of school instruction and practices

Leverage educator strengths to engage all students in meaningful, culturally aware, and relevant learning opportunities

Qualifications
Knowledge/Education/Experience:

Master’s degree and current valid Tennessee administrative license required.

Successful administrative experience required.

Basic general knowledge of construction skills

Demonstrated record of excellence with strong community and organizational relationships

Experience using data to lead others toward improvement of student outcomes

Understand aspects of Career and Technical Education

Skills/Qualifications:

Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills to deal effectively with students, educators, parents, and community members.

Demonstrate excellent planning, organizational, problem‑solving, decision‑making, and time management skills.

Compensation
Salary is based on a combination of relevant education and experience. Salary Scale

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